Health Status Of Migrant Workers Research Articles

A Study on the Self Rated Health Status of Migrant Workers in Cities: A Linear Regression Analysis Based on CGSS2020

A Study on the Self Rated Health Status of Migrant Workers in Cities: A Linear Regression Analysis Based on CGSS2020

Analysis of working conditions, social status and health of migrant worker

Labor migration has socio-economic significance in the interests of both the host country and the country of origin. Difficult working conditions, unfavorable living conditions increase the risk of developing diseases. An analysis of the health status of migrant workers in different countries revealed that infectious diseases, injuries, including industrial, acute intoxication and acute surgical pathology are most common. Women’s health requires special attention. A study conducted at the GBUZ «GCB No. 13 DZM» revealed that the largest number of patients were from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan. Acute surgical pathology, injuries, gynecological diseases prevail among the reasons for hospitalization. Among the diseases of the therapeutic profile, cirrhosis, hepatitis, acute intoxication, diseases of the urinary and reproductive system, diseases of the circulatory system and cerebrovascular diseases are most common. Attention is drawn to the short period of stay in the hospital –2.4 days. Russia has taken measures aimed at preserving the health of migrant workers. Since December 2021, a medical examination has become mandatory. The developed measures to improve the quality of medical examinations of migrant workers are aimed at early detection and prevention of diseases.

Gender Differences in Migrant Workers Health in China.

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the distribution and differences in the health status of migrant workers in China by gender and age. In addition, it investigated the causes of health inequalities among them. Methods: This paper analyzes the differences in health status across age groups for migrant workers of different genders based on the data from the China Migrant Dynamic Survey in 2018. It also empirically assesses how education level and health insurance impact gender-related health inequalities. Results: The results suggest that female migrant workers in China have significantly lower health levels than males. Furthermore, these differences in health are exacerbated with age. This disparity may be attributed to lower participation in social insurance participation and less educational attainment among female migrant workers than their male counterparts. Conclusion: The government should take effective practical measures to increase the social insurance participation rate of female migrant workers. Moreover, investing in female education to reduce health inequality among migrant workers is essential.

Do public employment services affect the self-rated health of migrant workers in China?

Migrant workers greatly contributing to China’s industrialization and urbanization are confronted with increasing health risks. This study empirically investigates the effects of public employment services on the self-rated health of migrant workers in Shanghai China, by using data from the National Bureau of Statistics from 2015 to 2020. The estimation results under the Ordered Probit model illustrate that public employment services significantly improve the self-rated health of migrant workers, and vocational training, job development and other related services show an apparently positive correlation with the self-rated health. The marginal effect analysis reveals that public employment services obviously reduce the probability of health satisfaction as “average”, “relatively satisfied” and “relatively dissatisfied”, which translate into a significant increase in the probability of “very satisfied”. The mechanism analysis verifies that public employment services enhance the self-rated health by increasing the proportion of medical insurance and injury insurance of migrant workers. The results are still reliable by adopting the methods of subsample regression, Propensity Score Matching and variable substitution to conduct robustness checks. This study further enriches the literature on public employment services and the health status of migrant workers, and provides policy implications on improving the health status of migrant workers and the public employment service system of China under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mental Health Status of Migrant Nepalese Workers Rescued By Government of Nepal During the Corona Virus disease -19 Pandemic.

The corona virus pandemic rapidly sweeps across the world; it is inducing a considerable degree of depression, stress and anxiety concern in the population at large and among certain groups in particular, such as migrant workers. The aim of the study is to find out mental health status of migrant workers rescued by Nepal Government from different countries during corona virus disease -19-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional descriptive study involving 427 returned migrant workers was conducted using the depression, anxiety and stress scale -21(DASS-21). Association between socio-demographic variables to mental health status was performed using chi-square test and p-value <0.05 was considered as significant level. Out of 427 participants, 4 % of respondents found to have extremely severe level of stress followed by 1.9 % extremely severe level of depression and 2.3% extremely severe level of anxiety. The association between mental health status and covariates showed that depression, anxiety and stress were associated with the place of residence, educational status of the respondents, and their perception of corona virus disease -19 risk at workplace, and test for COVID-19 after arrival to Nepal. The study revealed that job loss, visa and employment contract expiry were the main reasons for migrant workers to return Nepal. Nearly one fourth of the respondents had suffered from depression, nearly one third from stress and 17% from anxiety. Necessary psychosocial interventions should be formulated and implemented for addressing the mental health problems of migrant workers during the corona virus disease -19-19 pandemic.

Does sanitation infrastructure in rural areas affect migrant workers' health? Empirical evidence from China.

Health is considered the most important factor for individual well-being and a country's sustainable development. Among the influential factors of population health, sanitary infrastructure, particularly sanitary toilets and innocuous-sanitary toilets, have already attracted attention. In recent years, to improve the overall health status of rural residents, the Chinese government has promoted the "toilet revolution" in rural areas to update and modernize the facilities of toilets. Given that migrant workers contribute significantly to China's economic growth, and that the migrant workers generally lived in rural areas before they moved to urban areas to find jobs, it is of great interest and importance to investigate the impacts of sanitary infrastructure in rural areas on the migrant workers. This study analyzes the spatial characteristic of rural sanitation facilities' implementation and looks for possible correlation between the health status of migrant workers and the implementation of sanitation facilities in their hometowns. Micro-survey data of migrant workers' health status from China Household Income Projects (CHIP) 2013 and macro-data of provincial economic factors are matched to provide a quality analysis. The analysis of the spatial distribution shows that there were significantly large gaps between the prevalence rates of sanitary toilets in provinces. Furthermore, the regression analysis indicates that the implementation of sanitary toilets and innocuous-sanitary toilets exhibits a positive effect on the overall health status of migrant workers, although the effects of the innocuous-sanitary toilets are greater. Moreover, the positive influences of both types of toilets on population health are higher in the provinces with relatively greater annual precipitation and higher average temperature.

The conception and factors that affect the utilization of health care services among foreign migrant workers in Korea

With a rapidly increasing number of foreigners in Korea, it is necessary to manage and enhance the health status of migrant workers through effective heath care policy. For this purpose, this study was conducted to find ‘the conception and factors that affect the utilization of health care services among foreign migrant workers in Korea’ and apply the study results for establishing more effective heath care policy. The focus group interview was conducted by inviting 9 foreign migrant workers who had lived in Korea longer than one year and had experience of using health care services. This study employed the Andersen-Newman Behavioral Model which is one of the most widely known and applied behavioral theories for understanding and explaining health care service utilization. The study results showed that foreign migrant workers have experienced linguistic and cultural barriers, lack of proper information, time constraints, and economic burdens in using health care services in Korea. Due to these reasons, they avoid continuing medical care and usually rely on pain medicines. In particular, foreign migrant workers’ lack of social networks inhibits them from accessing immediate information and assistance. This is one of the major barriers in using proper health care services. Based on the results of this study, several policy and practical suggestions were made.

Structural Discrimination Against Foreigners and Work-related

During the last decade it has become obvious that the health status of migrant workers is decreasing dramatically despite thorough medical examinations in their home countries. The debate on this problem usually refers to factors such as 'migration strain', 'lack or unwillingness to integrate' or 'cultural distance', which are said to be the causes of the poor health condition. On the contrary, the thesis is presented here that the discriminating working (and living) conditions of migrant workers in the FRG lead to a higher level of illness episodes of this group in comparison to the German workforce. The structure of the migrant workforce is characterized by a certain allocation to unskilled jobs with lower qualification and income levels, higher physical and psychosocial workload and high rates of unemployment, which is considered as an additional health risk. This leads to the conclusion that we will have to deal with increasing health problems and resulting costs unless migrant policies lead to more structural integration. According to this aim, legal rights should be set up for security of residence and equal opportunities on the labour market for migrant workers. These are prerequisite to active participation in work and personal efforts towards integration.